Comments on George LeMieux backs raising the oil liability cap TypePad2010-05-14T19:33:38ZMiami Heraldhttp://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2010/05/george-lemieux-backs-raising-the-oil-liability-cap-/comments/atom.xml/Norris Hall commented on 'George LeMieux backs raising the oil liability cap 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e20133edb79dd2970b2010-05-16T19:12:09Z2010-05-16T19:12:09ZNorris HallThat's fine if you are talking about Exxon or BP. But there are a lot of oil rigs operated by...<p>That&#39;s fine if you are talking about Exxon or BP. But there are a lot of oil rigs operated by smaller companies who don&#39;t have big annual profits.<br />
An oil spill doesn&#39;t limit its damages to the size of the company that causes it.<br />
Damamges to businesses, marine life and tourism are the same no matter if it&#39;s a mom and pop oil rig or one run by BP<br />
Limiting liability based on a company&#39;s size is like me getting to buy cheap low coverage auto insurance because I am poor. <br />
It still leaves the guy I hit to pony up for his own medical bills</p>
<p>The law should require that anyone getting into the oil drilling business buy insurance policy that will cover ALL damages to affected business.</p>JoeSimon commented on 'George LeMieux backs raising the oil liability cap 'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e20133ed9eeb39970b2010-05-14T20:06:30Z2010-05-14T20:06:30ZJoeSimonFirst of all---nobody cares what this fool thinks. Why do you continue to further his agenda of self-promotion? Second---this is...<p>First of all---nobody cares what this fool thinks. Why do you continue to further his agenda of self-promotion? Second---this is an approach that any Liberal Democrat would make---let&#39;s tie the penalty to your PROFITS! Outrageous. How limiting it to ACTUAL DAMAGES! </p>